Grok vs Gemini vs Claude vs Merlin

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Grok
vs
Competitor 1
Gemini
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Merlin
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Grok
grok.x.ai
AI with attitude and real-time knowledge
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
42.9Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 58.1%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 13.8%
6-month growth
-75.4%
+0.8%
+54.8%
-9.1%
Global rank web
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#17
#40
#46,011
Avg. last 3 months
99.3K
2.7B
955.4M
1.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
65%
28%
26%
50%
Pages / visit
1.6
4.1
4.5
2.5
Visit duration
31s
7m 01s
6m 14s
4m 15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 2%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
GrokGeminiClaudeMerlin
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2M10K100K1M10M100M1B10BGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeX Premium $8/moSuperGrok Lite $10/moX Premium+ $40/mo+3 more
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeAudioDocumentsImagesText
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsImagesTextCode
CodeDocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
CodeDataDocumentsSlidesText
CodeImagesText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
15
26
13
Chatbots
Coding
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Image generation
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Video summaries
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APIs
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Chrome extensions
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Grammar checking
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Image editing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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